MATE Northern Gulf Coast Regional ROV Competition

Dauphin Island, AlabamaDauphin Island Sea Lab

Welcome to the MATE ROV Competition Website for the Northern Gulf Coast Regional Competition! Information for teams wishing to compete in this year's challenge should use the button below for more information.

MATE ROV Competition 2019

This year, the Eastman Foundation is collaborating with the MATE ROV Competition and looking to its competitors to assist the company in doing “Good for Good.” Eastman has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) and crew that can operate in the freshwater environments of Boone Lake, Boone Dam, and the South Fork of the Holston River.

MATE ROV Competition

Competition Philosophy

The MATE ROV Competition is about student learning. It is designed to be an event that challenges students to apply the physics, math, electronics, and engineering skills they are learning in the classroom to solving problems from the marine workplace. Mentors (teachers, parents, working professionals) are expected to limit their input to educational and inspirational roles and encouraged to focus on the benefits of the learning process and not simply on “winning” the competition.

It's not about the winning, it's about the journey... the journey begins here.

The opening date for registration has not been set for this regional event.

MATE’s international student underwater robotics (remotely operated vehicle or ROV) competition consists of an international event and a network of 36 (and growing!) regional contests that take place across the United States and in Canada, Hong Kong, Scotland, Egypt, China, Russia, Turkey, and Bermuda. Student teams from upper elementary schools, middle schools, high schools, home schools, community colleges, universities, and community organizations, such as the Boys and Girls Club and 4-H, participate.